Registration without a phone number on Signal will use zero-knowledge proofs

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: Hacker News

What happened

Article URL: https://community.signalusers.org/t/registration-without-a-phone-number/2222?page=10 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49689048 Points: 287 # Comments: 138…

Key facts

  • Article URL: https://community.signalusers.org/t/registration-without-a-phone-number/2222?page=10 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49689048 Points: 287 # Comments: 138…
  • Reported by Hacker News and published Sun, 13 Sep 2026 21:47:04 UTC.

Why it matters

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